Monday, 25 January 2016

Tuesday was a day about observation. Starting with a print workshop we explored embossing and printing with lino, looking at how small elements can come together to form a larger whole.

In the afternoon we walked out to the City Museum to consider drawing and how we use reference objects. We were exploring details, colour combinations, unusual fonts, the fabric of the building and atmosphere.

Thanks so much to Luke Spooner who gave a really interesting, informative and entertaining lecture today to the Illustration students. He gave a superb insight into the life of the freelance illustrator from the initial stages of going it alone and the learning curve of finding, creating (and getting paid for) the work which we are really pleased to see is going very well. To see more of Luke's work visit;

Wednesday, 20 January 2016

This Level 5 workshop looked at old and new technologies. Each student started with a Street View location, then virtually wandered around until they found an interesting view.They bought sketches and print-outs of their location to the workshop and we then rendered this using Scraper Board (most popular for advertising images in the '30s -'50s).
Here is some work in progress.

Monday, 18 January 2016

Thanks to Mr Darren Garratt who gave a talk to MA Illustration on Tuesday about designing Games with Meaning. He shared his experience setting up award winning company Little Loud and his new projects, character design and storytelling.

Thursday, 14 January 2016

Twas a night of book covers, bands and bon ami. First year illustration students exhibited their book covers produced in the Line and Colour unit at the Fat Fox in Southsea. It was a grand affair with a wonderful student band called Puck and the resident lecturer band called Vanchango. Additionally, we had a raffle that raised some money for the first year students. See a selection of book covers and shots from the event below. Well done everyone!

Wednesday, 6 January 2016

Ros ran a bookbinding workshop today, where she demonstrated the idiosyncrasies of the concertina fold, leporello format and making the perfect hardback cover. We looked at some beautiful examples from the Ministry of Books Collection.

Then everyone had a go at making concertinas with hard covers and folded-sheet structures.

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Welcome to the Illustration course BA (HONS) and new MA course at the University of Portsmouth, UK. This is our news blog showing events, exhibitions, publications, degree shows and current projects... and of course, what all our lovely alumni are up to now.And thanks to Carl Reed for our title illustration and Jade Spranklen for our background pattern.